Weekend Wrap-Up

Summer may be over but we are still having tons of outdoor fun around here!

Thursday morning we met my mom and dad and the cousins at the park.  So fun.

Later, Kase's friends had plans to meet up at Big Creek so Kylee came along and brought a friend too.

It was the perfect way to spend the last day of summer!

Later that evening Kael had his football team introductions and scrimmage.

So, so proud of this kid! We had a lot of fun watching him.

Love that he's part of the team and that he got in to play even though he's had to miss a few practices because of recently getting ingrown toenails cut out- ouch!

Friday was the first day of school! Kase later told me the best part of his day was wearing his new tennis shoes.  He also filled out an "All About Me" paper and the question said, "What do you want to be when you grow up?" Kase answered, "Me."  I love that.

Kael, looking SO grown up! Freshman year!

Kylee ready to start a new chapter at middle school!

The neighborhood gang.

Kylee is riding her bike to school with her friends this year so we gathered for a quick group picture before the girls took off.

I had CPR training that morning at preschool but got home in enough time to catch Kase at recess! He happily waved.  More friends gathered to "spy" on their kids during the day.  I always love the first day of school.

That night Kael had a sleepover at his buddy's house.  Loving this group of friends for him.

Saturday morning we did the Ankeny School Foundation 5K!

I couldn't believe Kase ran the entire thing!! He just took one very quick break to use the bathroom along the way but he finished in 27 minutes! I was struggling to keep up!

Kylee was way ahead of us and finished in 24 minutes- first in her age group! Kase was third in his group.

Love our running friends!

A great turnout from Prairie Ridge school!

Kent volunteered the event and I'm so glad he encouraged us all to register.  Kael was still at his friends house or he would have done it with us too!

Later that day Kase played with a friend allll day.

And the rest of us went golfing! Then we had family pizza and movie night- just what we needed!

Sunday we checked out the Central Iowa Air Show! It was really neat. We spent the rest of the day hanging around home and the kids played with friends.  It's going to be a long week- a full week of school, but we are ready!